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17/04/2020 - 11:25 PM

Southern Living's Best Carrot Cake

Southern Living

Notes

Gluten-Free: Substitute oat or almond flour instead of all-purpose flour.
Vegan: Substitute flax eggs instead of whole eggs and favorite vegan cream for buttermilk.
The cream cheese frosting can also be substituted for any icing over your choice.

Southern Living's Best Carrot Cake Recipe With Photos

Ingredients

  1. 2 cups all-purpose flour
    2 teaspoons baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    3 large eggs
    2 cups sugar
    3/4 cup vegetable oil
    3/4 cup buttermilk
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    2 cups grated carrot
    1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
    1 (3 1/2-ounce) can flaked coconut
    1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
  1. Buttermilk Glaze:
    1 cup sugar
    1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
    1/2 cup buttermilk
    1/2 cup butter or margarine
    1 tablespoon light corn syrup
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  1. Cream Cheese Frosting:
    1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
    1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
    1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
    1 (16-ounce) package powdered sugar
    1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

  • Line 3 (9-inch) round cake pans with wax paper; lightly grease and flour wax paper. Set pans aside.
  • Stir together flour, baking soda, salt, and ground cinnamon in a bowl. Set aside for later.
  • In a separate bowl, beat together eggs, sugar, vegetable oil, buttermilk, and grated carrots until smooth. Add the flour mixture a little at a time and blend together at a low speed.
  • Fold in pineapple, grated carrots, and flaked coconut.
  • Pour batter into the three prepared pans and bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • Drizzle Buttermilk Glaze evenly over layers; cool in pans on wire racks for 15 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.

Buttermilk Glaze:

  • Bring first 5 ingredients to a boil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Boil, stirring often, 4 minutes.
  • Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla.
  • Drizzle on cakes before frosting to allow the glaze to saturate.

Source URL
https://www.popsugar.co.uk/food/southern-living-carrot-cake-chrissy-teigen-recipe-47402532